Minnesota blizzard

December 9, 2012

A major winter storm was expected to dump 9 to 15 inches across a broad belt of central Minnesota including the Twin Cities

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Chelsea Gerth, left, 9, and Angel Martinez Carbaja, 10, race to grab snow from a picnic table during a snowball fight in the fresh snow, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, in Winona, Minn. Around three inches of snow had fallen by noon on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Joe Ahlquist)

Joe Ahlquist/Associated Press

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Chelsea Gerth, left, 9, and Angel Martinez Carbaja, 10, race to grab snow from a picnic table during a snowball fight in the fresh snow, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, in Winona, Minn. Around three inches of snow had fallen by noon on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Joe Ahlquist)